OBITUARY: Robert A. Miller Sr.

Robert A. Miller Sr., 91, of 7507 Creager Road, Waynesboro, Pa., passed away Monday, May 20, 2013, in his home.
Born Aug. 28, 1921, in Waynesboro, he was the son of the late Mark Everett Miller and Pearl Victor (Gift) Miller.
Mr. Miller was a graduate of Waynesboro High School with the Class of 1939.
He and his wife, the late Janet May (Schultz) Miller, were married June 14, 1941, in Hagerstown, Md. Mrs. Miller passed away Nov. 6, 1983.
In early years, Mr. Miller was employed as a bookkeeper for Harry Davis Studebaker Garage for several years. He later was worked as a sales and service clerk at Landis Tool Co., Waynesboro, for 52 years.
He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Fairview Ward, Waynesboro. He was a former member of the Waynesboro Fish and Game Association where he served as secretary for a number of years and he also was a former member of the Waynesboro Tigers Football Team.
Mr. Miller enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening, and spending time with his pets.
He is survived by two children, Robert A. Miller Jr. and his wife, Wanda and Annette M. O'Donnell and her husband, Anthony, both of Waynesboro; two grandchildren, Wendy Miller and Donald O'Donnell; four great-grandchildren; seven sisters, Peggy P. Avey of St. George, Utah, Elizabeth A. Truesdale of Strasburg, Va., Jacqueline L. Byers of Wheaton, Md., Constance E. Whitmore of Swarthmore, Pa., Ruth E Wright of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., Emma B. Hagan of Nacogdoches, Texas, and Sharon R. Schropp of Sykesville, Md.; two brothers, Michael E. Miller of Jacksonville, Fla., and Alfred E. Miller of Laurel, Del.; and a number of nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents and wife, Mr. Miller was preceded in death by his stepmother, Esther Slonaker; two sisters, Winifred Burgan and Dorraine Riggleman; and one brother, Everett Miller.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 24, 2013, in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Fairview Ward, 11887 Mentzer Gap Road, Waynesboro. Burial will follow in Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening in Grove-Bowersox Funeral Home, 50 S. Broad St., Waynesboro.
Online condolences may be expressed at:
www.bowersoxfuneralhomes.com

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